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Using tear gas against rioters?

MIA

Why do the Police not start using tear gas to disperse student rioters?
If they the rioters knew this could happen would they rampage through London causing wanton damage to both property & the police?

LE

Why do the Police not start using tear gas to disperse student rioters?
If they the rioters knew this could happen would they rampage through London causing wanton damage to both property & the police?

ADC

You could have tacked this on to the latest 'what I'd do if I were in charge' effort in this very forum. Possibly ignoring the fact that that game is normally played in pubs by purple-nosed gentlemen with yellow eyes.

MIA

You could have tacked this on to the latest 'what I'd do if I were in charge' effort in this very forum. Possibly ignoring the fact that that game is normally played in pubs by purple-nosed gentlemen with yellow eyes.

LE

Why do the Police not start using tear gas to disperse student rioters?
If they the rioters knew this could happen would they rampage through London causing wanton damage to both property & the police?

LE

a number of factors, as already mentioned its use can't be target to a single trouble maker,it takes time to dispurse,I think the area has to be decontaminated after (read this somewhere)

I think a better idea would be to have a few guys with paintball guns (stick with me here) and a hopper of pepperball rounds

single targeted shots, the paint marks them (for evidence purposes) as having been there, the pepper in them works as an irritant , and to cover each officer a small camera could be mounted on the launcher

do like the yanks so spray each gun bright orange, then when its deployed you have an officer with a bright orange deterant, video evidence of the person being a dick, forensics of paint (or smartwater) on clothings and streaming eyes of protester stoping them lobbing bricks and being cunty

LE

LE

a number of factors, as already mentioned its use can't be target to a single trouble maker,it takes time to dispurse,I think the area has to be decontaminated after (read this somewhere)

I think a better idea would be to have a few guys with paintball guns (stick with me here) and a hopper of pepperball rounds

single targeted shots, the paint marks them (for evidence purposes) as having been there, the pepper in them works as an irritant , and to cover each officer a small camera could be mounted on the launcher

do like the yanks so spray each gun bright orange, then when its deployed you have an officer with a bright orange deterant, video evidence of the person being a dick, forensics of paint (or smartwater) on clothings and streaming eyes of protester stoping them lobbing bricks and being cunty

LE

Tear gas (or more appropriately CS) does have secondary classifications of toxic and corrosive, so would imagine someone will be crying (see what I did there?) that their 'uman rights have been breached.

LE

Tear gas (or more appropriately CS) does have secondary classifications of toxic and corrosive, so would imagine someone will be crying (see what I did there?) that their 'uman rights have been breached.

LE

a number of factors, as already mentioned its use can't be target to a single trouble maker,it takes time to dispurse,I think the area has to be decontaminated after (read this somewhere)

I think a better idea would be to have a few guys with paintball guns (stick with me here) and a hopper of pepperball rounds

single targeted shots, the paint marks them (for evidence purposes) as having been there, the pepper in them works as an irritant , and to cover each officer a small camera could be mounted on the launcher

do like the yanks so spray each gun bright orange, then when its deployed you have an officer with a bright orange deterant, video evidence of the person being a dick, forensics of paint (or smartwater) on clothings and streaming eyes of protester stoping them lobbing bricks and being cunty

LE

which is why I suggest the paintball method, treat it as a live firearms where the officer must account for every shot fired, if there video mounted (pistol cam on a rail) it can be used as evidence and justifcation for each round